A few points...<p>1. You're saying we'll not be able to distinguish between human and bot content in a few months. If that's true, then what stops someone from signing up for $1 with their ID and having a bot write all their content? I could easily have a bot write hourly messages, self-promotions and content about my business. The only thing you can guarantee is someone is paying a fee. That's it.<p>2. You said you want to use images for identification. What happens when you cannot distinguish a real person from an AI person, which seems to already exist (<a href="https://twitter.com/mileszim/status/1613965684937224192" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/mileszim/status/1613965684937224192</a>)? You said in another comment the person needs to be in their photo with the ID. I Photoshopped one in for you (<a href="https://i.imgur.com/42ip7Ih.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/42ip7Ih.jpg</a>) and now we have one fake AI generated human with a Washington driver's license. Yes, the photo on the license doesn't match and the hand is an unrealistic position, but I could fix that with 15 minutes of editing and then reuse the hands to overlay on other fake accounts.<p>3. It seems likely that bot content becomes higher quality than human content. Let's be honest here, human written content is full of ulterior motives, deceit, manipulation, marketing, scams, etc. Wouldn't I be better off having a debate with a bot that is more reasonable, more eloquent, and more knowledgeable? Is having a 2AM argument with a human on a social network a valuable experience I should be paying for? It's one side yelling at the other and it never goes anywhere productive. You could be going the wrong direction here. What about a social network that's 80% content written by friendly, happy, AI bots that you provide? They build a positive atmosphere and strong foundation for the 20% of humans to stand on. They push the conversation in a better direction, they bring in more facts, they compliment people and make them feel better about themselves and their appearance. Why can't we use bots to our advantage? Surround people with happy bots, and maybe they, themselves will be more likely to write thoughtful, respectful messages.